Feel like I'm falling short.....help

To be honest, I just hate exercising. I'm doing a 1200 cal max a day week now and see if my motivation to 'move' picks up after that. Great job on the walking. Maybe just don't focus on how much cals you burned by walking but just think about it's just better for your body to walk. I will start next week with walking too, I hate running. Good luck.

I may be misunderstanding you, but you don't have to burn 1200 calories per day in exercise. You burn calories through the day just by living. Exercise calories burned are just a bonus. Let's assume you burn 1500 calories per day just by living (that could be way off, just work with me here ). If you eat 1400 calories per day, you are then creating a calorie deficit and will lose weight. If you burn 1500 calories per day just by living, then burn 300 calories per day through exercise, you have now burned a total of 1800 calories for the day. You can either create a bigger deficit by continuing to eat 1400 calories, or you can eat a few more calories (say 1600) and have your deficit be smaller.

I would suggest you Google scoobysworkshop.com, and use the TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) calculator to determine how many calories you use in a day. This will give you a starting point.

ETA: @KarenJanine beat me to it. LOL